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Two things that have impressed me this series
1 - the crowds. Very vocal with just about every ball, packed/mostly-packed
stadiums, most people dressed up in silly costumes just for a laugh (and why not!), lots of singing and drinking, no bad behaviour (other than some crude chants  , and all in all it seemed the crowd looked like a great place tobe! (something for your soccer crowds to learn from perhaps!????!??) 2 - Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff - it's about time England found a quality all-rounder! And that they have, it seems the cricket world has lots to look forward to from this bloke  |
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Re: Two things that have impressed me this series
"Dave Turner" <not@dave> wrote in message news:432454fa$1@quokka.wn.com.au... >1 - the crowds. Very vocal with just about every ball, packed/mostly-packed >stadiums, most people dressed up in silly costumes just for a laugh (and >why not!), lots of singing and drinking, no bad behaviour (other than some >crude chants , and all in all it seemed the crowd looked like a great>place to be! Yup! (something for your soccer crowds to learn from perhaps!????!??) I'm a football fan (QPR) too. Don't believe all you read in the papers. > > 2 - Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff - it's about time England found a quality > all-rounder! And that they have, it seems the cricket world has lots to > look forward to from this bloke Agreed! He's taken on the Botham mantle. A great sportsman too. Mick. |
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Re: Two things that have impressed me this series
"Mick Tully" <mick.tully@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:rVZUe.7480$oq4.6361@newsfe5-win.ntli.net... > > "Dave Turner" <not@dave> wrote in message > news:432454fa$1@quokka.wn.com.au... >>1 - the crowds. Very vocal with just about every ball, >>packed/mostly-packed stadiums, most people dressed up in silly costumes >>just for a laugh (and why not!), lots of singing and drinking, no bad >>behaviour (other than some crude chants , and all in all it seemed the>>crowd looked like a great place to be! > > Yup! > > (something for your soccer crowds to learn from perhaps!????!??) > > I'm a football fan (QPR) too. Don't believe all you read in the papers. Well mate a riot is a riot. I mean it's not about belief or what's written in a newspaper, it's about factual events. These stupid riotous scenes only ever seem to happen in soccer events (and not just England obviously). You'd never get such a thing from a cricket crowd. So why soccer in particular? |
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Re: Two things that have impressed me this series
Anyone remember the cricket riots during the Pakistan v England series in
1977/8? "Dave Turner" <not@dave> wrote in message news:43247762$1@quokka.wn.com.au... > > "Mick Tully" <mick.tully@ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:rVZUe.7480$oq4.6361@newsfe5-win.ntli.net... >> >> "Dave Turner" <not@dave> wrote in message >> news:432454fa$1@quokka.wn.com.au... >>>1 - the crowds. Very vocal with just about every ball, >>>packed/mostly-packed stadiums, most people dressed up in silly costumes >>>just for a laugh (and why not!), lots of singing and drinking, no bad >>>behaviour (other than some crude chants , and all in all it seemed the>>>crowd looked like a great place to be! >> >> Yup! >> >> (something for your soccer crowds to learn from perhaps!????!??) >> >> I'm a football fan (QPR) too. Don't believe all you read in the papers. > > Well mate a riot is a riot. I mean it's not about belief or what's written > in a newspaper, it's about factual events. These stupid riotous scenes > only ever seem to happen in soccer events (and not just England > obviously). You'd never get such a thing from a cricket crowd. So why > soccer in particular? > > |
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Re: Two things that have impressed me this series
In uk.sport.cricket on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 at 00:00:02, Dave Turner wrote :
>1 - the crowds. Very vocal with just about every ball, packed/mostly-packed >stadiums, most people dressed up in silly costumes just for a laugh (and why >not!), lots of singing and drinking, no bad behaviour (other than some crude >chants , and all in all it seemed the crowd looked like a great place to>be! (something for your soccer crowds to learn from perhaps!????!??) I've never heard a team being cheered for going off for bad light before. > >2 - Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff - it's about time England found a quality >all-rounder! And that they have, it seems the cricket world has lots to look >forward to from this bloke Hear hear! -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham |
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Re: Two things that have impressed me this series
Jim Smith wrote:
> Anyone remember the cricket riots during the Pakistan v England series in > 1977/8? The cricket riots in Sydney of 1879 are still "remembered". So what? Regards Declan, Okazaki, Japan |
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Re: Two things that have impressed me this series
In message <432454fa$1@quokka.wn.com.au>, Dave Turner
<not@dave.?.invalid> writes >1 - the crowds. Very vocal with just about every ball, packed/mostly-packed >stadiums, most people dressed up in silly costumes just for a laugh (and why >not!), lots of singing and drinking, no bad behaviour (other than some crude >chants , and all in all it seemed the crowd looked like a great place to>be! (something for your soccer crowds to learn from perhaps!????!??) > Unremittingly white and overwhelmingly English. >2 - Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff - it's about time England found a quality >all-rounder! And that they have, it seems the cricket world has lots to look >forward to from this bloke > > Solid English stock. RH -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |
